Bambi's mother is shot to death, leaving him stuck with his cold, absentee dad. You know who else that happened to? FIFTY CENT.
Jun 11th 2009 By Julieanne Smolinski
11. Bambi's Mom, 'Bambi'
Bambi's mother is shot to death, leaving him stuck with his cold, absentee dad. You know who else that happened to? FIFTY CENT.
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Thursday 11 June
By moat dea
by winter time, fawns have grown to the point where they have lost their spots. Have watched many "grow up" from spring through fall as they wander in and out of my back yard. In my 60's now; Bambi was a definite favorite growing up.
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Thursday 11 June
By Donald Duck
You forgot The Yearling!
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Friday 12 June
By the dude gosh
oh gosh a deer nooooooooooo to bad get over it are we going to tell are kids that when there pets die that its sleeping how longs that going to last comon might as well here ity from a deer.!!!
Saturday 13 June
By Bonnie
Let's just all be VERY grateful that Bambi didn't turn out like Fifty Cent, huh?!?!
Saturday 13 June
By Davey
U R right. When i first saw the list I was just sure. Flag. the deer in the Yearling would have been top of the list. With regard to Bambi. In the end I say as Sad as the fantastical event was, Wasn't it worth the sacrifice so that years and years later the wonderful Marisa Tomei could retell the sad event in her lucious manner to Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny.
And don't we all think that Walt Disney [Bambis foster father] did as much or more for generations young and old during the bulk of the 20th century. He absolutely was a spreader of magic. Perhaps the inventor of spreading the magic in this kids eyes and ears. Kudos and longest memories to Mr. Disney
Thursday 11 June
By Donna
I can't believe people get paid to write this stuff! Come on , for crying out loud! Deer get shot, dogs die, animals get ran over, and sometimes they just die for no reason! Tragic maybe, but it's the truth and children should know it all a part of life and growing up!
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Tuesday 30 June
By aj stephans
Donna:
Sorry to disagree with you, but traumatic events do occur in childrens lives and when a child sees that trauma again first hand it's verry debilatating. For example, my mom died suddenly when I was 5 and then I saw Bambi and just kept crying and crying. Now you say kids should get over it, but sometimes they don't and watching that experience again is very TRAUMATIC.
I only wish for you that you never had to live such an event.
Thursday 11 June
By Max
When I read comments like yours, I'm glad I live in a state that don't shoot deers or believe in hunting! When our dogs die.....it's after we have done everything humane to save their lives. As for road kill, it's rare here because we don't let our animals run wild. We take care of them! You sound like a real country bumpkin.
Thursday 11 June
By Carolie
i completely agree. and besides, bambi was one of my favorite childhood movies because it wasnt as fake as all the wishy washy movies
Thursday 11 June
By amyevenor
Donna and all of you other "reality" people...
Most children can't differentiate fantasy from reality, (as evidenced by the hundreds of children who act out video fantasies and end up killing or maiming their playmates) and an event like Bambi's mother being shot is extremely traumatic. Especially if a child has gone through a similar event in "reality" and it reinforces the trauma. My daughter was watching the movie Bambi when she was about 5. When Bambi's mother was killed, my daughter went running from the room crying and had nightmares for weeks. She was very clingy to me for months after. She is 22 now, and has never watched the rest of the movie, nor does she desire too. She just received her degree in Psychology is going on for a PhD in forensic psych. She is very aware of the difference between fantasy and reality now, but she was so scarred by the movie that she doesn't want to refresh the memory. Don't kid yourself, trauma presented by a trusted source can be the most damaging to our children, especially when it's couched in the guise of adorable cartoon characters.
Thursday 11 June
By Destinee3515
I agree with you Donna. I am 12 years old myself and love these movies. Like you said.....kids my age and younger need to learn about death and things like that. Because when they grow up, they need to know that their parents are going to die (and them too). So thats why kids NEED to see these movies.
Friday 12 June
By jamie
Donna, I believe as you do that cushioning kids from death is wrong. I also believe that if we can educate children on sex at 13 we are emphasizing the wrong message to children. How about the Circle of Life from Disney, is that not a fair size up of both myth and reality?
Saturday 13 June
By Demise
Man I thought "The dog that stopped the war" would be in there for sure lol
Friday 12 June
By Sam
i agree these people take themselves to seriously its just a movie!
Friday 12 June
By ClassyWriter19
I completely agree with you.
I watched Bambi and The Lion King (one of my favorites by the way), and at 19, I was never scarred for life by them. For God's sake, you don't even SEE the deaths! It's not like The Land Before Time where the mother dies ON-SCREEN. I'm sure some kids are affected by the movies, but that's no reason to throw a hissy-fit and lock them away from everyone else in the world for that reason.
And thank you to Christine for pointing out the Harry Potter thing. Bambi's mom gets killed: "OH NO, THE HORROR!!" Harry's mom AND dad get killed: "GO HARRY!! USE YOUR ANGER AND REMORSE TO DEFEAT VOLDEMORT!!" Oh sorry, I wasn't supposed to say his name, was I?
Saturday 13 June
By Charles Whicker
I agree with Donna. We don't need to protect children from seeing a heart-warming movie (such as Bambi) that combines, in a balanced way, a natural form of tragedy along with the delights of childhood friendships and adulthood sacrifice and wisdom. We do need to sit down and talk about it, though, with our little ones, to make sure they are interpreting it in a healthy way. The life God gives us is a balance of suffering and joy, so that we may learn to suffer with honor and obtain the joy of character. We could teach our children the truth that physical death is but a passing from one sphere of existence to another; it is not the end of our existence. In this way, our little ones grow up with an attitude of faith and resilience which causes every tragedy to work to the good of their character development.
Friday 12 June
By Pauline
so tru but its all in how you explain it to the child. I grew up watching these movies and I turned out fine. Yea they died, but life goes on
Saturday 20 June
By Sue
Donna,
Get a life and keep an eye on your grammar and spelling. Tragedies occur and thankfully most people aren't acting like icy trolls. People do allow their emotions to show, they grieve too. What's under your thick skin?
Monday 15 June
By DeAnna
I don't think thats true. Kids need to know reality.Its life gosh thats life 4 ya
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Thursday 11 June
By Carol
I can,t believe people think Disney movies are violent, The story of Bambi was how life is among the wild, And Old Yeller brought about the love of an animal with the family, And how serious rabies is, These were touching loving stories, If you want to talk violence, Today's movies are full of it .With obscene language also, I can,t understand why Hollywood can,t put out more family movies, they make money on awful movies that are garbage.
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